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Pat H. Baxter

Hymnal Number: 68 Composer of "[I want to live each day, O Lord]" in Melodies of Love

E. E. Wallace

Person Name: Evangelist E. E. Wallace Hymnal Number: 198 Author of "The Trial of Jesus" in Melodies of Love

1900 - 1955 Hymnal Number: 158 Composer of "[I hold to the hand of my Savior and friend]" in Melodies of Love William Allan Sims born in Texas, died in New Mexico. Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

Alta O. Stephens

Hymnal Number: 83 Author of "In A Place Called Heaven" in Melodies of Love

Clarence J. Edmons

Person Name: Clarence Edmonds Hymnal Number: 139 Author of "Lord, Teach Me To Pray" in Melodies of Love

Wilbur W. Wilson

Person Name: Wilbur Wilson Hymnal Number: 82 Arranger of "[I can hear my Savior calling]" in Melodies of Love

Wilkin Bacon

1909 - 1981 Person Name: Wilkin (Chief) Bacon Hymnal Number: 150 Author of "Can He Depend on You?" in Melodies of Love Also called Big Chief Bacon (stage name). Wilkin B. Bacon was born on April 27, 1908, Talihina, Oklahoma of Choctaw Indian heritage. He is sometimes confused with Osage Chief Bacon Rind. Wilkin was baptized in 1937 at Sherman, Texas, by Burton Coffman. He sang baritone in the Lone Star Quartet, a Gospel group that performed on radio station KWFT in Wichita Falls, Texas, and later on station WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina. By 1945, Bacon had moved into ministry, preaching in Arlington, Texas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Corsicana and Dallas, Texas; and Duncan and Talihina, Oklahoma. He died on October 9, 1981, Talihina, Oklahoma. NN

H. H. Martin

Person Name: Dr. H H. Martin Hymnal Number: 123 Composer of "[When days are dark and the waves roll high]" in Melodies of Love

Virgil O. Stamps

1892 - 1940 Hymnal Number: 78 Composer of "[As I travel thru life, with its trouble and strife]" in Melodies of Love

Morgan Williams

b. 1892 Person Name: Rev. Morgan Williams Hymnal Number: 71 Author of "It Won't Be Very Long" in Melodies of Love Morgan Williams was born in Laurel County, Kentucky on January 30. 1892. He was ordained a minister of the gospel in the Christian Church on April 14, 1923. In his early 30s, Morgan went blind, but his ministry of preaching and writing the lyrics to gospel songs continued until his death in the early 1960s. His early work was often bought and published by the gospel music companies in Nashville, Tennessee. Janet Sparkman (daughter)